THERE was barely any space for movement at the Heineken World Premiere held at Fort Rocky, Palisadoes on Saturday.

The event featured live performances from Spragga Benz, DJ Chuckie and soca couple Bunji Garlin and Fayon Lyons.

Close to midnight, dancehall artiste Spragga Benz began his invigorating set. When the entertainer entered the stage, almost every cellphone was taken out to take a picture of the artiste who rarely performs on local shores.

After greeting the crowd, he began churning out the lyrics to Yuh Body Good. This was followed by a string of songs from his 1990s catalogue, including Machine Gun Kelly and She Nuh Ready Yet

“Mi ago call out one a mi bredda…weh Don Yute deh?” he said. And once again the cellphones were out to capture the moment. The two delivered the single Excess Amount of Loving.

Minutes later the crowd went wild when he invited Beenie Man to the stage, who dropped a few lines of his hit single Murderer.

Spragga then gave his fans a chance to get familiar with his new single Name Brand by performing it a capella.

“Mi ago do the rest a mi set with bare new tunes,” he said to backing band Ruff Kutt.

“A joke mi a make, but dem know mi will dweet still,” he continued.

He continued his set and kept his fans excited with We No Like, No Way No How, and A One Lover.

Europe’s Electronic Dance Music (EDM) DJ Chuckie was next. For approximately 25 minutes the patrons waved and danced to his musical selections and remixes. Then it would appear that the deejay’s momentum began slowing down as the majority of the patrons seemingly began to lose interest.

“This isn’t the crowd for it…Gosh, this too much now. I am starting to get annoyed,” a male was overheard complaining to a female patron.

However, a small portion of fans close to the stage were obviously appreciative of every beat as they jumped and cheered to every selection.

It was almost 2:00 am when DJ Chuckie made his exit, making way for Bunji Garlin and Fayon Lyons. When the couple’s name was announced everyone huddled to the front of the stage to start the soca party.

The screams were almost deafening when they started the intro to Differentology (Ready For The Road). This was followed by other hits like Take A Wine, Plenty Gal and Truck on the Road. The two were up to their usual antics and had an entertaining freestyle clash. Although their performance had many patrons entertained, some exited the venue and made their way towards the shuttle buses provided.

Selectors for the show included DJ Chromatic, DJ Nico and Kamal Bankay.

— Simone Morgan